Current activity:

Since 04/2011 W3-Professor for Organic Chemistry
Bielefeld University

Awards:

Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize winner 2008 from the German Chemical Society (GDCh) for achievements in organic synthesis chemistry and for building an exemplary bridge between basic research and applied research in the field of "white" biotechnology

Otto Roelen Medal 2014 from DECHEMA and the German Catalysis Society (GeCatS)

2014 Visiting professorship at the University of Osaka, Japan

Former activities:

W2 Professor of Organic Chemistry

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2006 to 2011)

Degussa AG, Frankfurt (1998 to 2006)

Diplom thesis:

1994 with Prof. Dr Jürgen Martens
Synthesis and reactivity of N,O-six-ring heterocycles from salicylaldehyde

Dissertation:

08/1994 to 03/1997 with Prof. Dr Jürgen Martens
Nucleophilic addition reactions at the C=N double bond of sulphur-containing cyclic imines with consideration of stereoselective aspects

Contact:

harald.groeger@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49-521-106-2057
Department of Chemistry
Organic Chemistry I (OCI)
Bielefeld University
D-33501 Bielefeld
Germany